Happiness Through Sewing
I’m very grateful to have a space in the house I can leave my machines up and ready, that I can dedicate entire pieces of furniture to storing sewing notions and patterns, and that I can call my own even though the door stays open and the dog sleeps under the desk. After two artist […] Read more…
Welcome to the Neighborhood Eleven years ago when we moved into our current house, our first with more than one bathroom, the smallest bedroom (10′ x 12′) was designated to be my husband’s office since he had just started working from home. When he realized the plaster walls blocked all wifi to the room he […] Read more…
It is the end of my self created, self-imposed, Use-It-Up fabric challenge. I went one year, October 31, 2015 to November 1, 2016, with out buying any fabric. I began the challenge to use up fabric I had. I mean I bought it to use it, right? I never bought fabric intending to never use it. I saw it, […] Read more…
Maybe you’re familiar with the magazine “Where Women Create“. It’s a magazine filled with photos of crafty women’s studios. As their website says, “Where Women Create magazine invites you into the creative spaces of the most extraordinary women of our time.” The first time I saw this magazine I had a hard time believing this […] Read more…
The most important piece of sewing equipment I own is my sewing machine (I mean, we are talking sewing equipment) but the second most important, most appreciated and maybe the most used sewing tool I own is my cutting/ironing/work surface/table. Yes, it is all of those things and yet it is only a cheap door […] Read more…